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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
WRESTLING ON HORSEBACK.

Sam Matthews, the champion wrestler
of the Pacific coast, arrived here not long
ago, after long absence through the
southern counties and Mexico. During
the trip Mr. Matthews met in the arena
number of people and defeated them
all. While in the South he conceived the
novel method of wrestling on horseback.
The thought struck him as being a good
one, and became SO firmly fixed in his
head that he decided to get up code of
rules on horseback wrestling"
In the first place the horses must be of
medium weight and height, and no horns
or projecting points on the saddles. No
straps or buckles to prevent either man
from falling off to be used. The contest
ing parties must take their positions at
least twenty yards apart, and at the call
Of time must meet right side to right
side, each clasping the others hand and
then breaking. The first man being dis
mounted in any way, except by accident,
50 that both feet touch the ground at the
same time. shall be declared the loser and
the fall will be given against him.
Climbing from one horse to the other
ia fair, aud will be allowed. Kicking or
striking either man or horse shall consti-
tute foul, and the one committing q de-
liberate foul will lose the match.
"It is q very exciting pastime," said
the originator, "and ] think that it will
be the coming sport."-San Francisco
rHf0WsnST. II 1sfsfsta = s..
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
TEXAS BLUE GRASS IN FLOR
IDA.

Mr.. w. p. Horne writes to the Florida
Dispatch that the Texas blue grass is a
great success in Baker county, Florida,
while he believes that it will do we'll in
any part of the State. lie finds that this
grass is like everything else, that rich
land suits it best, and to make it grow
fast and cover land quick, it should be
planted on we'll prepared and fertile land.
He had his patch of grass planted on
high dry pine land, dark soil with clay
within one foot of the surface. The
land had been cowpenned and planted in
sweet potatoes the year before he planted
the grass. He planted both the sets and
seed and both did we'll. He used NJ fer
tilizer, as the land was good from being
cowpenned. He has been trying for ten
years TO find grass that would grow in
Florida all winter. He had failed up to
the time he got this, and can say now
that in Texas blue grass Florida has
found something that will make her stand
on the top round of the ladder. Florida
can have plenty of milk and butter now
if the farmers will only plant Texas blue
grass. He has seen it growing on sandy
land at Macclenny, and believes it will
grow on any soil made fertile. Neither
cold nor bot weather seems to hurt it,
neither does wet or dry weather injure it.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
THE SCIENCE OF THE BASE
BALL CURVE.

When ball Tor in fact any missile) is
advancing rapidly through the air, there
is formed in front of it q small aggrega-
tion of compressed air. Qn passing, we
may remark that the compressed air in
front of an advancing cannon ball has
been rendered discernible-we can hardly
say visible-by instantaneous photo
graphy.) In shape the cushion Of air is
conical-or rather conoidal--if the ball is
advancing without spin; and therefore it
resists the progress of the ball equally on
all sides, and only affects the balls veloc-
ity. The same is true if the ball is spin
ming on an axis lying along its course.
But in the case we have to consider,
where the ball is spinning on an axis
square to its course, the cushion of COM
pressed air formed by the advancing ball
has no longer this symmetrical shape.
On the advancing side of the spinning
surface the air cannot escape 80 readily
as it would if there were no spin; on the
other side it escapes more readily than it
would but for the spin. Hence the cush.
ion of air is thrown toward that side of
the ball where the spin is forward, and
removed from the other side. The same
thing then must happen as where ball
encounters cushion aslant. A ball
driven squarely against very soft cush-
ion plunges straight into it, turning
neither to the right nor the left, or if de-
fected at all (as against billiard cush-
ion), comes straight back on its course
but If driven aslant against the cushion,
it is detected from the region of resist
ance. So with the base ball. As the
cushion of air against which it is advanc-
ing is not opposed squarely to it, but is
stronger on one side than on the other,
tho ball is detected from the region Of
greatest resistance.-Prot. r. 4. Proctor,
in Lonqnadn's Mu0dzine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
THE PHIl.OsOPHY Office
CREAM

In freezing ice cream, the cream is put
first into tin vessel and surrounded by
ice. Tin is used because it is good con-
ductor of heat and the warmth of the
cream is drawn through it easily and alb
sorbed into the ice. This tin vessel and
the ice surrounding it are placed in 8
wooden vessel, wood being selected be-
cause it is poor conductor, and the out
side heat cannot readily pass through it to
the cream. Salt is sprinkled on the ice
because salt has the property of melting
ice, and while melting ice absorbs heat,
thus making an additional draft on the
warmth in the cream.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
HaLLsNG POTATOES VERSUS
FLAT CULTURE.

Killing potatoes has been practiced
from time out of date, and represents to-
day the most popular mode of culture for
the tubers. In the face of this wide
spread practice, however, some OF our
most trustworthy and careful experiment.
ers claim that fat culture, under ordina-
ry conditions, gives the best results
Prominent among the advocates of fiat
culture, not only for potatoes, but for
corn, is E. s. Carman, editor of the Ru-
rat Neso Yorker. In recent issue of
the Country Gentleman is given the re-
port of thorough trial Of the hilling and
fiat modes of culture, in which it is stated
that fat culture gives from Is to 20 per
cent more than the hills Among culti-
vators who have corroborated the above
opinion is T. E. Pratt, Of Fairfield coun-
ty, Conn, who experiments annually on
some 800 varieties and who states 10 the
Country Gentleman that he finds the
crop much larger with fiat CULTURE
Doylssto,un Democrat. ,'.'' 'l,'.. -
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AN ANIMATED APPEAL BY FHE
EDITOR.

Do you owe us anything? If You do
you will kindly get up and hump your
selves, hustle around and send US, if not
all you owe, at least part There is
limit to even an editors endurance. It
costs money to print paper ink costs
money, the wearing away of the gray tis-
sue Of the brain is purchased. Some peo-
pie may be able to exist on snowballs;
aud during the siege of Paris hundreds
of people lived on broth, the nourishing
qualities of which wnra drawn from hnil-
ed skate straps. We can't do it we have
tried it. As we sit in our frozen Office,
meditatively breaking icicles off the ink
bottle, we think about these things; we
have to- Colorado Miner.
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Oh, the quietude of my fathers house |!
Oh, the wealth of the affection therein 7
Oh, the shrine where hopes are centercd I
Home! "It is theme for worship" I"
1t is the key witch binds true hearts in
unity. It is the bright taper which gleMAs
across life's stormy sea. It ia q beacon
light glimmering through the midnight
darkness of a foreign sky, cheering the
lone and weary wanderer afar.
Home! 1t is a world Of beauty and
glory" haven Of happiness and repose
Home! The melody of the word is
music to the ear. 1t thrills <he inner
sanctuary of the soul.
There is nothing on earth half so en-
nobling to human nature as the home
where virtue and kindness, peace and in
dustry, sympathy and smiles go hand in
hand-where the name of parent, brother,
sister, is spoken with endearing epithets
where religion, with her beautiful les
sons of purity, both softens and subdues
the passiOns--where reverence to God is
held supreme.
Home is more than four square walls !;
it is more than a palace, with its parks,
although every gable, corner, chimney,
and porch, every tree, shrub or fountain.
will ever be cherished, and every picture,
book and statue will remain ever dear.
1t is more than the cabin with its natural
surroundings. The low, sloping roof, the
door with only a stick and string Tor
latch, the little pine table, the bellows
which used TO hang by the fre-all these
are precious to those once accustomed to
their sight.
There are memories of clear-toned
voices and well-known faces. There are
memories Of pleasing associations and
early teachings. There are recollections
of Christian prayers. Who can believe
that the pure, earnest prayer Of home
does not steal through its walls and help
to purify the atmosphere beyond?
The Christian home is hallowed by
higher charm than that of earth. Upon
it depends the welfare of individuals, the
pcacefulness of nations and prosperity of
the world. Patriot, poet, minister, phi
losopher and Christian, have all realized
the worth Of the home. Its sweet influ-
ence cannot be counteracted, neither can
it be debased. The laws of the father are
too strong, and his justice too fervent to
meet with any opposition, for the anthor
Of the home is divine, and :" his hand is
all-wise. ."-Northern Christian AdyO-
c1te
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That is to say, your lungs. Also all your
breathing machinery. Very wonderful ma.
chinsry Il is Not only the larger air-passages,
but the thousands of little tubes and cavities
leading ffom them.
When these are clogged and choked with mat
ter which ought not TO be there, your lungs can
not half do their work. And what they do, they
cannot do we'll.
Can It cold, cough, Group, pneumonia, catarrh,
consumption or any of the family Of throat and
nose and head and lung obsiructions, all are bad
All ought to be got rid Of. There is just one
sure way to get rid of them That Is TO take
Boschee's German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you at 75 cents bottle Even II every.
thing else has failed you, you may depend upon
this for certain. .. % eow-ly
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HE NEG l.ECTED HIS OPPORTU.
NKTEES

Ethel. "Don't you like Mr.. Fritz
Jones ?"
Mabel. "No, don't. l despise him."
Ethel. "Why?"
Mabel. Well, he was calling on me
last night and l undertook to show him
how we'll could WHISTLE
Ethel. Well, what of that ?''
Mabel. GA great deal of that. just
puckered my lips up as sweet and pretty
as could, and then"
Ethel: "Well, what then?
Mabel. He just let me go on and
whistle"
Ethel. "ITow mean !"-Iyd Bits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18

Emma Abbott, sweet little, gamboling
Emma, of operate and osculatory fame,
is indignant about the Interstate Com
merce law, and yet numerous audiences
can testify that it does not restrict her
famous kiss, which, with either a short
haul or long haul, is planted in the usu-
al spot.-,&. Paul Globe.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18
WHO KNOWS ?

WHO KNOWS
Who of rs know
bow our next neighbor fares?
HOW OF the woes and many cares
!hat rises like mountains in their wavf
ana who of us can say
W. we know of that large world we never see,
The world of povertyP
Who of us know
HOW much of pain smiling face conceals,
How little of the sunlight ever steals
Into the lives of those who seem the bapplestP
me me one VINO makes us merry with his jest
May he not carry in his heart SO free
a wound he does not wish the world to seer
Who of us love,
And loving, cherish but the empty name,
And feed our hearts on naught the fame
That burns 80 brilliant and so bright,
That lights our path as do the stars at night,
Goes out as quick as heavens lightning flashes.
And leaves us-ashes?
George Wilnsot Harris
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they; "and much prettier some folks
would say. And why couldn't the GUS
toner have fallen to our lot :"
There are some questions which Cupid
alone can answer. And he, the winged
rogue is obstinately silent.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-18

eStop only signal leave passengers or freight
% All trains daily except Sunday.
e1 Train waits Indefinitely at Monroe the arrival OF
the fast mail train South bound the j. T. & K W. R'y
CONNECTIONS.
At MONROE with Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway for all points reached by 1t and connections
At SANFORD via j., T. & X. w. R'y with st. Johns
river steamers from Jacksonville and intermediate points
AT TORONTO connection is made with II. o. d A. r.
r. for Orlando, Apopka, Tavares and F. R. & N Co.'S
stations
At OAKLAND we connect with steamers for all land
ings on Lake Apopka
tB Consign your freight "Orange Belt Railway"
p. A. DEMENS, G. ID. ACKERLY,
Gen. Manager Gen. Pass Apt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-24
Pinkerton's Dynamite Can.
Chicago Tribune,


In connection with recent dynamite alarms
not a bad story is told on Mr.. Pinkerton. He is
rather fond of horseradish with his meat, and
about ten days ago bought can of the relish
and ordered it sent to his house He forgot to
tell his wife about it. Mrs. Pinkerton. it ap-
pears, has feared that some vicious person
would yet make an attempt on her husbands
life. and when the servant girl told her of the
arrival of can of something which she could
not recollect ordering, became alarmed at once.
She directed the girl TO take the package into
the back yard at once and leave 1T there until
Mr.. Pinkertons return. The girl did direct
ed, but not having sufficient fear of dynamite
before her eyes, and impelled by that natural
can and see what it contained She carefully
removed the top and sustained damages.
There was no explosion and fragment of
hired girl went gyrating through the atmos-
phere of the neighborhood. She looked at the
contents of the package and saw whitish damp
substance. Curiosity still had its grip upon her
and she concluded to taste that which looked
so harmless. She put small quantity of the
stuff into her mouth and chewed it. The result
was not altogether satisfactory; the compound
burned her tongue, and she fed to the house and
to her mistress. With tears in her eyes she
confessed what she had done, and then her mis-
tress only less alarmed than she. st is
poison! 1t is certainly poison! the fright
ened exclamation, and then presence of mind
returned. The girl must take emetic. One
was prepared the domestic took it and when
Mr.. Pinkerton returned he found his wife rea-
esting but in no immediate danger of death
He found his radish in the back yard, where it
had not been interfered with after the episode
related.
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Rrfef Mention

Thomas Kelly, Of Mason, was lodged in Jail
Saturday night on the charge OF insanity. and
was to have had hearing in Morris. On Tues
day morning he cut his throat and probably will
die
Abraham Holderman was riding in Morris
with DR.. Wilcox, of Seneca. with span of
runaway horses, when he was thrown out and
severely injured that it is thought he cannot
live
Vile on Tuesday by Richard Berry. Rule is a
clerk in the Chicago e. Alton freight office in
Jacksonville. and Berry alleges he has been I'M
duly intimate with Mrs. Berry
On Tuesday express train going east
passing through Somanauk, Dekaib county,
il struck carriage containing John Rose and
his daughter Lillian, causing the instant death
of Miss Rose and dangerously injurIug Mr..
Rose.
abdomen Monday night in front OF a Streator
saloon. Both are Hungarians. and the ARRAY
grew out of some old feud. Plasko will probas
bly, recover. Walko fed and has not been cap
tured.
spirited auction sale of short-horn cattle,
including the celebrated Hardwood herd, owned
by S. S. Browns sons. took place on Tuesday
at Hardwood farm. in Joe Davess county.
Eighteen animals were sold at average price
of $103.
The drought has assumed formidable proper
tions in Lawrence county. Farmers have been
hauling water for ten miles in some cases, and
the cold weather has now frozen the smaller
streams, cutting off much of the already scant
supply. The EN- barrass river be crossed
dry-shod five miles from its mouth. at Lawrence
vile, and only the holes in its bed available.
fire for forty miles along the river, burnin
furiously.
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keeper away or marry her they would whip him
the 18th inst. Mr.. Clare stayed at home that
day, prepared to receive them, but they did not
come
Wm B. Walls. who cut his throat at Balm
bridge four months ago, died on Tuesday, at the
county asylum, OF starvation. He was about
ffty-6ye years of age. and leaves family. He
was formerly a travelling salesman for Crane g.
Co., boot and shoe dealers, of Cincinnati
Rev. J. C. Barb. of Whitestowu is holding a
religious meeting in the Lutheran Church at
New Augusta. Four persons were added to the
church this week. and. during his ministry.
nearly one hundred members have been added
to the church. The meetings will continue dur
ing the week.
On Wednesday morning Mrs. Joseph Butcher.
of near Colfax, was found dead in bed. The
cause OF her death was supposed to be heart di-
sease. The coroner of Montgomery county will
hold an inquest.
Jesse Shepley and Wesley Crider two farm
ers residing near Nashville, Brown county, had
difficulty at country dance few nights ago,
which was revived on Tuesday, resulting in Cri-
der. being terribly cut by Shepley with pocket
knife. leaving him in dangerous condition.
Shepley escaped.
Frank Hooks, young married man living
near Bunker Hill, was found dead in the woods
on Tuesday. He had boon ont hunting. and the
superstition is that while resting a stump, his
gun in some way was discharged, the contents Of
which entered his heart killing him instantly.
He had only been married about one week.
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Funeral of Rev. III. j. Neck.

Special to the indianapolis JOurnaI.
KoKoMo, Nov. 23-The funeral of Rev. r. j.
Meek. pastor Of Market-street NJ. E. Church,
Logansport was held at tho M. f. Church, in
this city, on Tuesday afternoon, and was one Of
the largest funerals ever held in this city. The
services were conducted in the main by Presid-
ing Elder j. E. Erwin. Fitting eulogies were
pronounced by Revs. DIR. C. G. Hudson, of An
derson; w. Fl. Daniels, of Logansport; j. w.
Vigus. of Wabash; NJ. Swadner, of Marion; E.
Neal, of Upton. Dispatches of coincidence were
read from Revs. Leslie j. Naftsger, of Lagrange,
and Fl. j. Norris. of Noblesville. Rev Meek
died on Sunday morning at his home in Logans-
port, at the age of sixty-six years. He entered
the North Indiana Conference in 1855, and filed
many of the best appointments within the gift
of his conference, and during all these years he
never missed the roll-call benedicrion of his
conference A blaze OF revival work marks the
labors of this godly in every charge to
which ne was assigned. The last labor per-
formed by Rev. Meek was in this city, two weeks
ago. when he baptized his infant granddaughter,
the only child of mis- Edgar. Rev. Neck
leaves a wife, five and three daughters to
mourn his loss. His remains were laid to rest
in Crown Point cemetery. near this city. To
his physician he said, just before passing away:
Doctor, have been preparing for this hour for
forty years. and. though l walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, will fear no
eyil'n
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T-Traces of rain,
Overcome by Natural Gas.

EAST LIVERPOOL, O.. Nov. 23.-This evening
Elmer Bennett entered the decorating shop of
James Baum, and Mortified at finding Eve
girls and two men lying PROSTATE on the floor,
to all appearances dead. He summoned assist
ance. and by throwing water in their faces man
aged TO resuscitate two of the girls and two of
the men, one o; whom fell over again, however
The unconscious on IS were carried home and ply
sicians summoned. They prescribed for the pa
tients, but could not account for their condition.
At the present writing decorator named James
Amelius is raging like a maniac. and girl
named Ella Hill is not much better The others
are IN a serious condition. The physicians can
tell whether death will result or not, and are
much puzzled over the cases. 1t Is supposed
that the men and girls were asphyxiated by a
the shops, and the whole affair is shrouded in
mystery.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The National Grange yesterday voted to hold
its next meeting at Topeka, Kan.
Georgia Fargo, daughter of the late w. G.
Fargo has brought suit against the executors of
the estate to compel them to pay her $40. 600
which she alleges they have wrongfully with
HELD
A challenge to fight duel passed between the
son of w. a. French and w. s. Matthews, editor
of the Parisburg Virgnian, last Friday. They
have been arrested and bound over to keep the
peace.
John Hart formerly manager of the Hart 6
Smith Manufacturing Company, at Bellville,
Ont, has been arrested on charge of embezzling
finds of the company, amounting to about
$50, 900.
The Socialists of Spain have sent to Justus II.
Schwab, of New York, a contribution of 1862. %
towards the support of the families of the de-
ceased Chicago Anarchists, accompanied by a
very sympathetic Letter.
The last merchant to mysteriously. disappear
is Joseph Hood, a manufacturer and dealer in
cloth, of Brooklyn, n. Y. Mrs. Hood says her
husband left home last Friday, taking $50, 600,
and she believes another woman went with him.
A gentleman in Portland Me-, yesterday re-
ceived dynamite bomb in package from Bos-
ton. He opened it so slowly that it did not
plode. He took it to the police station. The
police refused to divulge the receivers name or
show the bomb.
A special dispatch says Chas Kitchen,
highly respected citizen of New Hope. Bucks
county, Pennsylvania. was shot there yesterday
morning by Harry E. Gettys and expired in
about twenty minutes: GettyS gives as ms fea-
son for the murder that Kitchen was the des-
troyer of his home. Gettys is also highly
respected citizen,
At Seguin Tex. yesterday Martin Robertson
and James Bromley, white boys, each seven
teen years DID, were sentenced to the penten-
tiary for life for having decoyed Archie Henry,
their companion, into and murdered him.
The three boys away from home and con-
federated together for the purpose of commit
ting highway robbery and other depredations.
Young Henry informed the authorities of their
thefts. and it was for this reason that his as
sociates killed him.